clinical performance, safety and patient reported outcomes of an active osseointegrated steady-state implant system

Conditions: Hearing Loss

Summary: the aim of this clinical investigation is to collect data on objective and subjective hearing performance, quality of life and safety in adult subjects with conductive hearing loss, mixed hearing loss or single-sided sensorineural deafness.


Eligibility criteria:
inclusion criteria: * subject with conductive hearing loss or mixed hearing loss in the ear to be implanted. bone conduction thresholds with pure tone average (pta4; mean of 0.5, 1, 2 and 4 khz) of ≤ 55 db sensorineural hearing loss. or subject with single-sided sensorineural deafness who is a candidate for baha surgery. air conduction thresholds with a pure tone average pta4 (mean of 0.5, 1, 2 and 3 khz) of ≤ 20 db sensorineural hearing loss in the good ear or subject who is indicated for an (air conduction-contralateral routing of signal (ac cros) but-for some reason-cannot or will not use an ac cros. * adult subjects (18 years or older). * previous experience from amplified sound through properly fitted amplification (for example but not limited to hearing aid, contralateral routing of signal (cros) device, bone conduction hearing device on softband). * candidate is a fluent speaker in the language used to assess speech perception performance. * willing and able to provide written informed consent exclusion criteria: * uncontrolled diabetes as judged by the investigator. * condition that could jeopardise osseointegration and/or wound healing (e.g. osteoporosis, psoriasis, long-term systemic use of corticosteroids) or condition that may have an impact on the outcome of the investigation as judged by the investigator. * insufficient bone quality and quantity to support successful implant placement. * previous surgery and/or implantation with any bone conduction/active device on the side to be implanted, which may jeopardise the implantation and use of the osia 2 system, as judged by the investigator. * use of ototoxic drugs that could be harmful to the hearing, as judged by the investigator. * unable to follow investigational procedures, e.g. to complete quality of life scales, or unwilling to comply with the requirements of the clinical investigation as determined by the investigator. * condition with a likely negative progression and/or with expected relapses jeopardising general wellbeing and health-related quality of life as judged by the investigator. * subject that has received radiotherapy in the area of implantation or is planned for such radiotherapy during the study period. * investigator site personnel directly affiliated with this study and/or their immediate families; immediate family is defined as a spouse, parent, child, or sibling. * cochlear employees or employees of contract research organisations or contractors engaged by cochlear for the purposes of this investigation * currently participating, or participated within the last 30 days, in another interventional clinical investigation involving an investigational drug or device.

Keywords: hearing loss, conductive hearing loss, mixed deafness, sensorineural single-sided